Shade-support.



F. BARR.

SHADE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23. 1915.

1,157,201. Patented 001. 19, 1915.

rnnnnmc BARR, or WOODHAVE1\T,'1\TEW .YonK.

SHADE-SUPPORT.

To'allwhom' it may concern. q I '--{Be it known .that;I,- ;FREDERIG-BARR, a citizen of. the. United States, and resident of Woodhaven, in the county of 'Queens and State" 'of- New York, have invented certain :new. and useful Shade-Supports, of which nthefollowinguis:aspecification.

. My present-invention aims tofjdo away with the need for .the" clumsy and; more .or

plofyedfor supporting theshades of electric lamps andisiinilar fixtures and V to providesimple and inexpensive means for this I purpose which will-be. reliablegandpractlcal in use. and neat ..andv unobtrusive: 1n appearance; These objects 1 I accomplishiby 11sing -:-screws .for directly supporting.- the shade, which screws are passed through openings in the neckof the shade and engagein screw seats in a member: provided for that purpose, said member lor the screws themselves. having a. bearing :on a shoulder on v the fixture. This shoulder. is present .in the ordinary lamp socket in the form-of an outstanding annular-bead usually provided -near-ithe lower. end of the socket: shell; The screwwseats for the supporting screws may "beprovided in a ring-located inside :or outside the neck of the shade and zthis ring may be" substantially "continuous or be broken' up into segments, as williater appearp I Various other features will appear asthe specification proceeds. a In the 'drawing accoinpanying this specification 1 1 have illustrated several practical form's the invention may take,-but it will be "understoodthat-various changes and modifications may be' made without departing fr'om thetrue spirit} and scope of-the invention. r Y Y Injthe drawing: Figure '1 is a viewin side elevationof an lembodiment ofthei'nvention as applied to an electric-lamp fixture, Fig.

-452 is a vertical sectional view of the'same.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional, view taken w substantially on the-planenf the line 3 3 "of Fig. 2. Fig. 4fis a" detached perspective "view of the screw seat ring'employe'd in this first form of the invention. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on a plane similar to that ofiFig. Sofa modificati'on where- I in the screw 'seat ring is discontinuous'or segmental in form.- Fi'g'. 5 is a detail perspectiveview ofasegment and supporting x Specificationof nehersrafenaless unsightly attachments heretoforegem-' V screw of this Elatter form .of 'the -invention.

Fig. 6 ClS-fi side'elevation of aform ofjthe "invention; wherein the screw v seat ring is placed:on the outside of the shade. .Fig. 7 is a vertlcal sectional view ioit'llthis form.

Fig. Sris a-detached detail view of? the screw seat ring and. supporting: screws in this'rlat- ;ter.- construction. igs..9 and-10'are Vertical sectional and f detail views of another .iform of construction and Fig. -11..is .a detailiview ofanothermodification. p

. The lamp socket. l0,-illustrated-, isiofrtypical construction, provided withfithe usual :ioutstandingrannularbead 11,:near the lower end thereof. 1 .1. i

' :The shade .15, which may .vary .in' shape to meet differentrequirements, is made: with V Patente-a'o t. 19 915.. Applicationfi1edJ111y23, 1915. Seria1?1 Io. i41',577. i

a neck portion :16, 5130-. fit 1. over the bead end ofthe lamp-.socket-and thi'szneck portion is provided with a .a .suitable gnumber of I open- :ings 17', (usually three) forv the supporting screws. .This neck portion oftheshade is preferablybut very little larger; in diameter than the bead of the socket so as 'to n1ake a neat joint "with thei socket and so that i rela- -tively short supporting screws can be used.

The supporting] screws, designated 18, eX- -ten'd through the opening's in the neck of the shade andengage inscrew seatsin a member or-members provided forthat purpose.

In'the first for-m of the-invention illus-- 'strated, this-screw seat member is in-the form of a ring 11 9, located inside the \nec-k of the. shade and provided with screw .seatsz20, lIl'llIlG withitheppenings 17 in the shade. This ring, while substantially conjtinuou's,may be broken at one pointyasindi- :cated' at 21, to I permit; its ithe'bead ofthe socket. C In using the-formpf the inventionrjust described, the screw seat rin is sprung up beingsprung' over over the beador shoulder o the socket, or otherwise engaged" with the socket so as to rest uponiand-be supported by said bead or "shoulder. 'thesocket far 'enough to bringthe openings --in' the neck of' theshadeintol'register with the' screw seats in'the ring and the supportting screws are then inserted through the openingsinthe shade-intoengagement with The isha'de isgthen engaged over the screw seats in the ring. Theshadefis now firmlysupported butcan be readilyremoved when desired by simply loosening" the supporting screws "ffrom *engagement 1 fcontinuous'iring firstfidescrib'ed provides a substantially 1 continuous and therefore p The parts are preferably so proportioned. j that. the neck of the'shade will confine the prevent. it

the necessary bearing for thescrews can be obtained by simply bushing up the-material around the screw dicated. 1

screw seat ring to the fixture and from slipping down over the-bea ;:In Fig; 551 haveishown how'the screw seat ring need not be 'c'ontinuousibut may be broken up into segments 25,;each' segment having a seat 26', for one'izof the supporting screws. These segments bear on the shoulder of the fixture and constitute effect a series of separatenuts for the screws. r The somewhat more firm support for the shade,

thering in that case constituting-in effect. a; series of interconnected nuts 'fOrthei screws These forms above described are particularly heat in appearance in thatthe only parts of the fasteningmeans exposed are'theheads of the supporting screws and conspicuous, or ornamented, 'a s'desiredir of theshade, said member being, shown in this form as a split spring ring 2 8 5. encir- 1 ture. The ring,inithis construction, is held" *attached to'the shade, when theshade is re-' cling the 'neck'of the shade and havingscrew engage directly with theshoulder on'the fixmoved from the fixture, by ,means of the and by the spring tension of thering upon "the neck of the' shade. "Additional means screws entering the openings in the shade I for holding ithefring'in placeon theshade is illustrated inthe form of a flangei'32', on

overstandingfthe upper edge of v the rings; i From the foregoing it will be evident-that my-inv'ention providesan extremely simple and inexpensive means of supporting'lamp V shades and which is applicable to; standard fixtures now in use. 1

FStill other forms the-i'invention 'may' take 'be interconnected as a substantially continu- .ousi ring, asindicated in Fig.1 11,;where. 36 indicates, the looped l'nuts, connected as. a "continuous ringi35. i y v -"iWhat I claimfis: I:v i 1'; In combination with a. fixture provided seats, substantially as in- 1 seats 29, inlinewith the openings 30 inthe shade. "The supporting screws in this case encircling the fixture above the bead and provided with openings through the same,

ring about the fixture above thebe'adprovided with screw seats-in line with theopenihgsfin the neck of the shade and shade- .supportingscrews disposedin thejopenings 7' i theneck-ofthe shadeandzengagedin the a I screw seatsin the-ring.

, a 2. In combination withafixtnre provided w ia:be eishm has that p with a'jbead, a shad'e having 'a'neckportion 7 'enoirclingthe fixture above the '"bead a'nd provided with openings-through lthe 'same,

'-a substantially continuous ring about the fixture above the bead and provided with V screw seatsin linewith-the openings in theneck of the shade and shade-supporting screws disposedin theopenings in the neck V of the shade and engage'd in the screwaseats 7 v '3. In combination with ga fixture provided V "with'afbeadyashade having a neck-portion v encirclinglthe fixture above the beadand V provided with openings therethrough, nuts disposed between the fixture and-theneck of the-shade and resting onr-said-bead and these can be made relatively'smalland insupporting-screws passed through the open ment with said nuts;

4. The combination with a ampiaae havingjaneck portion provided'withi 0pm., 7 :ingstherethrough, ofaring disposed closely 5 a Ladj acent-and substantially engaging one face s 7 flings in'the neck ofthe shade into .engage- FigsJG, 7 and 8 illustrate how the screw 7 1 Y 'seatmembermay be locatedon the outside 2 5 I if of the neck portion of said shade and provided with screw sockets inlline with the openings the neck portion and supporting screws disposed in said openingsin the neck portion and screwed into the fscrew socketsinf the a" T l 5.- In shade supp ortsgth o e hath ashade provided with'openingsthrough th neck portion there'of,'of screw seat members :provided with screwlf seats in line with theopeningsin the neck ofthe shadefand hav-l P1110 the upper edgeofi the neck of the shade and j supporting, screws disposed in the openings V initheneck of the shade and engagedinrthe 7 ing reversely= directed portions j looped gover screwrseatseaforesaidi f' V '6. In shadesupportsi-the ombinatitiitr the "neck portion thereof, "inter connected screw seats aforesaid.

neck portion thereofyasplitspring ring en-F circling the neck portion of-jthe shaolehav-v 4 ing screw seats in 'linewith the openingsfin o 11115 ashade provided with openings ,thrfoughe'j i 7 1 In shadesupports, thec'ombination of T a' shadeprovided With openings through the 1 the neck portion of the shade, a flange on- New York and State of New York, this 16th the neck portion pf the shade oversignding day of July, A. D. 1915. the upper edge 0 the ring and sha e supporting screWs engaged in the screw seats FREDERIG BARR? 5 in the ring and passed through the openings Witnesses:

in the neck portion of the shade. I GEO. METZGER,

Signed at New York, in the county of Mrs. FREDERIC BARR.

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